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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-07-12
A BAGGAGEMAN KILLED.
William Hale Missing From q
Train and His Mangled
Body Found On a
Bridge.

Kansas City July 7.-William Hale, a
baggageman on the Kansas City, st.
Joseph and Council Bluffs railroad, was
run over and killed yesterday evening.
The railroad officers in the baggage car
of the down train from Council Bluffs
noticed that Hall was missing just this
side of Biglow, small station two miles
beyond ST. Joseph. The cars were backed
up and HALLS mangled body was found on
a bridge. The head was terribly mutilst-
ed, and though Hail was sill alive he was
unconscious and unable 10 tell how the
accident occurred. The injured man was
taken to the hospital at st. Joseph and
died shortly after. The remains will be
brought to this city to-day.
Halls residence was in this city at HOS
Baltimore avenue, where a cousin named
r. T. Bassett also lived. BE was formerly
a conductor, and is well known railroad
man. 1t is supposed that he was standing
on one of the steps of the car, looking
ahead of the train, when he allowed him.
self to swing out too far and his head was
struck by a beam of the bridge.
Hall was an unmarried man and was en-
gagged to marry young lady who lives in
this city. The wedding day had already
been determined npon.
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Pittsburg, July IA Uniontown, Pa,
special says: The presence of Pinkerton's
armed men in the regions causes intense
excitement and serious trouble may follow.
The strikers are indignant and deneunce
the action of the operators in bringin: the
detectives into the regions in the loudest
terms. Last night FIVE hundred strikers at
West Leisenring held meeting and I'M
animously resolved to continue the strike.
At Jimtown it is said the men are weaken
ing, and large number are expected to re-
turn to work before the close of the week.
This was the day set by the operators for
the resumption of work by those of their
old employees who had expressed them
selves as willing to 60 back at the cid rate
of wages. The works generally throughout
the region were open to all who desired to
return. At no place was the number large,
though, as the operators say, there was
enough to show that the resumption OF
work had actually commenced on the
morning designated. Everything is quiet
and so far Pinkerton's men have had
nothing to do.
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Which is the Liar.

New York, July 7.-Adelbert Brannigan
and Maggie McGovern, who on The night
of June ~ were found in the iatter's room
with their throats cut appeared in police
court yesterday. They had both been held
as prisoners in Bellevue hospital as each
accused the other of doing the throat
cutting. Miss McGoyern to-day made
an affidavit that Brannigan, with
whom she had been keeping company for
some time and who boarded with her
brother and sister-in-law, with whom she
lived, entered her bedroom by force; that
she resisted his advances and threatened
to tell her brother and that he then cut
her throat with knife, inHicting wound
that nearly proved fatal. Brannigan was
committed for examination,
Miss McGoyern's examination on the
charge that she cut Brannigan's throat was
set down for next Saturday.
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Didn't Succeed.

Kansas City, July Ga big, brawny
Irish laborer in a broken straw hat and
blue shirt plunged headlong of the re-
tanning wall Of the excavation for the
American bank building, foundation at
Eighth and Delaware streets yesterday
afternoon.
A minute before he had astonished a
large number Of passe-s-by with the
words:
"T've lived long enough, and / always
know when Pve got enough. Pm no hog,
begorra
After which the Irishman plunged to
the bottom of the excavation. He fell In
a large puddle of mud and water, which
probably saved his life, as he struck head
first. His nose, however, was almost split
in two by sharp rock and his neck and
chest were severely bruised.
The police patrol wagon was telephoned
for and at first it was feared the man had
broken his neck. He laid motionless In
the mud and water until the wagon arrived
and he was lifted into it on a stretcher. He
proved to be lively corpse, however, as he
was up on the seat and making grimaces
at the crowds on the street before the wagon
arrived at the station.
At the station the mud covered Irishman
said to the sergeant:
81 decline to give my name, sor."
1t was evident the man was very drunk,
and that was the charge preferred against
him.
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SHARP AND HIS BIRTHDAY .
He Was Seventy Years Old Yes
terday in Ludlow
Street Jail.

New York, July Jacob Sharp cele-
brated his SEVENTEEN birthday yesterday.
He spent it behind the grated windows of
the Ludlow Street Jail, and sat, as lac
has sat for many days past, in sort OF
semi-stupor. He is living a life which
would kill any man accustomed to an &C
tive existence. Day in and day out he
sits in his room, walks from bed to lounge
and back again, and then when meal time
comes on he has no appetite aud the Jail
attendants discant upon his want of appe-
tite and repeat the now hackneyed saying
about that avery sick man." Yesterday
was no holiday for him. He had but one
visitor. His wife sat by his side through
out the day, and his son-in-aw Selmes
came to receive the usual batch of instruc-
tons and commissions for private business.
There twas no other visitor, no lawyer,
no doctor, no chum or crony, nobody but
the reporters, and they were
qnite content to take their notes of the
day from Warden Heating.
The Warden since Mr.. Sharp came into
the Jail has been as much OF prisoner as
the convicted boodler himself. When
Sheriff Grant rode up in his carriage with
Sharp after Foreman Garfield had uttered
the verdict of the jury, the Warden OF the
Jail assured the young sheriff that he would
assume the personal responsibility of look.
ing after the prisoner, which the good
nature and consideration of Judge Barrett
had transformed from the rough-and-ready
security of the Tombs to the somewhat
doubtful safety of the east side Jail.
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PROBABLY POISONED.
A Denver, Colorado, Man thought
to Have Been Killed
By His Wife.

Denver, Col, July 6.-The death OF
John A. Witter, president OF the Perch
eron-Norman horse company, and one OF
the most prominent citizens OF the state,
which was announced Sunday as the result
of catarrh of the stomach, has been the
cause of sensation here to-day by the
discovery of the refusal of the attending
physicians TO give q certificate OF death. IL
10 now charged that Writer'S death Was
caused frum arsenic poisoning, and II there
has been a crime committed, suspicion
points toward the wife of the deceased as
the guilty person.
Mr.. and Mrs. Witter were married at
South Bend, Indiana, eighteen years ago,
but on account of Mrs. Writer'S extreme
jealousy they had frequent quarrels, and
for two years past while living In the same
house had not occupied towards each other
the relations OF man and wife. Many sus-
picious incidents are connected with his
death, one of which was his removal to
the house Of neighbor the day before he
died.
Mrs. Writer'S Jealousy was caused by
her husbands fondnsss for his niece, Mrs.
A. A. Hutton, nee Hattie Writer, daugh
ter Of Daniel Witter. The story Of
the attachment Of uncle sne niece Is told
thus. John Witter finding his home
cherries and cOmpanionless sought society
at his brothers home and became attached
to his niece Hattie, who was not living
with her husband. In this attachment
friends say there was nothing caiminal,
but he sought her company because 1t was
pleasant to him, took her to entertain
ments to the theatre and riding, but moth
ing that he did was other than q relative
might do.
A month or six weeks ago Mrs. Hstton
left for Europe with her sister Mrs. E. l..
Rollins. At this time John Witter was al
ready ailing, but had not taken to his
bed. One report says that he paid his
niece's expenses to Europe and that he was
expecting to 60 to Europe also this month,
hoping that the trip would benefit him.
The contents of the dead mans stomach
have been given to a chemist for analysis,
and if arsenic is discovered the coroner
will hold an inquest and some startling
developments may be expected.
The business of the NOrman-Percheron
horse company will not be terfred with
by the death OF John A. Nitter, as Mr.
Studebaker, president Of the company, will
soon be in Denver, and arrangements viii
be made for some one TO take Writer'S place
as manager.
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A Kansas Editor Thrashed.

Burlington, Kan, July Yesterday
forenoon A. ID. Brown, editor Of the Nom
pueil, was whipped by J. NJ. Lane.
Brown, for over two years, has each
week abused Lane IN his paper, and up
to the present time Lane had never resent
ed anything said or done by Brown, and
probably never would had not Brown
gone into Lanes Office this morning and
asked him to talk with him. Lane told
Brown to get out Of the Office, that he wan
ted nothing to do with him.
Brown did not seem inclined to go, when
Lane struck him and continued to strike
him until Brown got out onto the walk.
They are old citizens of Cofey county
and were members of the Fifth Kansas
cavalry. Up to two years ago, when Brown
commenced this fusilade on Lane, they
were the warmest of friends, and it is
Browns fault that they are not friends to-
day, for Lane never refused to assist Brown
in every way he could.
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ASSAULTED HER LAWYER
And Gets Arrested For Her
FOOlishneSS.

New York July 5.-Jerome B. COnkiing,
aged ffty-seyen years, a lawyer OF No.
40 East Seyenty-ninth street, in the York
Vile Court yesterday accuses Mary Jenkins
Field, spinster, aged 6fty-two years, a
dressmaker of No. 225 West Twelfth street,
of feloneously assaulting him. Last Mon
day, Mr.. Conkling alleged, Miss Field who
has been client of his for several years,
entered his Office at No. 3lS Broadway and
assaulted him with a pocket knife. She
cut the lawyers clothing in several places,
and also slightly damaged his skin before
he succeeded in disarming her.
The accused admitted the assault, and
said that she intended to mark Mr.. Conk-
ling for life and thus compel him to re-
member her always. She explained that 1t
was her desire to revenge herself upon him
for the cruel way in which ne had treated
her in the past. and was only sorry
that she had not succeeded In slashing his
face and making him look hideous for the
balance of his life. She made COnkllngs
acquaintance several years ago, she said,
through employing him to prosecute a
woman who had DETAINED her. He proved
himself an able lawyer and she placed con-
fidence in him. By her counsel, he became
acquainted with the fact that she had some
money and readily induced her to intrust
him With sl,5l5, which, he assured her, he
could safely invest to great advantage.
For two years, she said, he at various times
paid her different sums of money as her
share of the profits of the investment, but
about two years ago the payments ceased,
and since that time she has been
unable to get dollar OF the profits
or the principal, although she made ire
quent demands for it. She added that at
one time she had q severe attack of hay
fever and was recommended by Mr.. Conk-
ling to q physician in Hudson street, who
dragged her until her health was ruin
ed. She also accused Mr.. Conkling OF
having at one time, about two years ago,
attempting to assault her, and on another
occasion of attempting to drug her. Mr..
Conkling said that the complainant was
evidently of unsound mind and that the
charges made by her were mere fancies'
He admitted that he had invested the
money far her, and said that he bad al
ready paid her over 81 900 on the invest
ment. Justice Kilbreth held Miss Field
for examination as to her mental condi-
| ton.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Philip Warehsm and Sarah
Wareham, his wife, by their certain deed
OF trust, dated the 9th day OF May, 1888,
and duly recorded in Book "a, on page
lI, of the records of Pettis County. Mis-
souri,, did convey to the undersigned, the
following described real estate, situated in
the county of Pettis, and state of Missouri,
to-wit: Lots No. l, 2, 8, 4, 5, and 6 in
Block No. 20, and Lots No. l, 2, 3. 5
and 6 in Block No. IL, and Lot No. z in
Block No. II, all of said lots in the town
of Green Ridge, Pettis county, Missouri,
in trust to secure the payment Of GER
tain promissory note in said deed of trust
fully described. Whereas said note is past
due, according to the provisions of said
deed of trust, and remains unpaid, now
therefore, at the request of the legal holder
of said note, and by virtue of the power
and authority conferred upon me by the
terms of said trust, notice is hereby given
that /, the undersigned trustee, will on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1887,
between the hours of 10 o'clock in the fore
noon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, OF
said day, at the west front door Of the
court house, in the City of Sedalia, county
of Pettis and state of Missouri, sell the
above described real estate at public auc.
ton 10 the highest bidder for cash IN
hand, to satisfy the Indebtedness and the
costs of executing said trust
J. c. THOMPSON, Trustee.
Dated this 9th day Of July, 1887. 7-5-w6t
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Actors Nlaltreated L?

PhiladeIphia, July 5.-Frankie Kemble,
the actress, has made charges against supt.
Wilson, of the Forrest Home for Actors,
alleging coarse, brutal and insulting treat
meut of the actors and actresses now in
mates there. Mayor Filter and Thomas
Cochran, President of the Guarantee Trust
Company, who are trustees of the Forrest
estate, will investigate the matter this
month.
When asked what excited her indigna-
ton Miss kemble said:
"a hundred things. Wilson, Superin-
tendent of the Forrest Home, is tyrant.
So are his wife and daughter Efie, who is
the veritable spawn OF the octopus" These
three people make the lives of the actors
and actresses in the Home unbearable.
at is said the only time Wilson ever
smiles is when he asks each inmate on
entering the Home whether they prefer to
be cremated or buried when they die. i
went to see Miss Dora Shaw. Years ago
she was popular actress. She WAS gay,
perhaps too gay, In youth. Now old Will
son calls her the most shameful names
when he is angry. He tells other actresses
that they are immoral and unworthy Of
consideration. The Wilson family sit at
the table with the inmates and often say {,
in harsh tones, to some of the old actors
and actresses: when people get so old as
to be useless they had better die"
"Richard Penistau, one of the inmates,
an old actor, has diary in which he lik-
ems Wilson to Mr.. Squeers, Mrs. Wilson to
Mrs. Squeers and Efie to Fannie Squeers.
Mrs La Forrest, an actress once popular,
is particularly subjected to indiguities.
Ali the inmates Of the Home are ordered
about like dogs. Some OF them, with
tears in their eyes, told me Of their unhsp-
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Beat Her Child to Death With a
Hoe.

Charleston, w. Va, July Mrs. Vir-
ginis Robinson of this place is in Jail
charged with the deliberate murder Of her
little girl, aged five years. The mother
for year or more has prartised the most
revolving cruelties upon the child, and on
several occasions her indignant neighbors
have interfered and taken the child from
her.
A few days age, upon some triAing pre-
text, the mother seized hoe and felled the
little girl to the earth, beating her as she
lay PROSTATE until she had inflicted fatal
injuries. The skull was fractured, one
arm broken, and frigh wounds were
made upon various portions of the little
ones body. Witnesses testified to having
seen the assault and heard the cries Of the
child
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TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Jacob B. Van Dyne and Laura
II. Van Dyne, his wife, by their certain
deed of trust, dated 10th day of October,
1884, and duly recorded in 7. d. Record
81, on pages 351 and 352 OF the records of
Pettis county, Missouri, did convey to the
undersigned the following described real
estate, situated in the city of Sedalia, in
Pettis county, and State Of Missouri,
to-wit:
Beginning at point thirty feet go ft)
east of the northwest corner of the north
east quarter In ID of southwest quarter
Is II of section four (4) township forty
Ave (45) range twenty-one (2l) thence east
six hundred and FIVE feet 1905 fly thence
south one hundred and sixty feet and
three-tenths to the north line of Broad
way; thence west along Broadway six
hundred and FIVE feet to the northeast
corner of Broadway and Park Avenue,
thence north one hundred and sixty-five
feet to the point of beginning, containing
two and twenty-four ope-hundredth acres
more or less, all of said property In city of
Sedalia, Pettis county, Missouri, in trust to
secure the payment of certain promissory
notes in said deed of trust fully described.
Whereas, said notes are past due, accord
Ing 10 the pTONfolOllS VI od1u OCcU VI Guoss
and remain unpsid. Now, therefore, at
the request of the legal holder of said
NOTES, and by virtue of the power and au
thority conferred upon me by the terms Of
said trust, notice is hereby given that /,
the undersigned trustee, will, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1887,
lo,,.,.a, tho bonrs of 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon and o'clock in the afternoon of
said day, at the west front door of the
court house, in the city of Sedalia, County
OF Pettis, and State of Missouri, sell the
above described real estate, ut public suc-
ton. to the highest bidder for cash in hand
to satisfy the indebtedness and the costs Of
executing said trust.
&c. THOMPSON,
Dat.d July 5, 1887. Trustee.
7-5-w6t
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The recent disagreement in the g.
A. r. relative to President Cleveland's
visit to St. Louis seems to have been
effectually and permanently quieted.
Applications for quarters are said to
be ARR wing by every mail. The av-
erage number of men represented by
these inquiries is 800 per day. This
must be considered a great showing in
view of the fact that over go, 600 linen
have already been provided with hotel
Accommodations and camping ground.
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A good and reliable way to stop
the growth of Springfield would be
for the city council to begin granting
exclusive corporation franchises to
Dick, Tom and Harry.-Springheld
Republican.
to effectually retard the growth OF
your town encourage boycotts. en-
dorse a gang of pestiferous cusses'
who have nothing to loose and every
thing to gain, in annoying business
men with malicious prosecutions, be-
cause they dare to employ whom they
please to do their work.
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McGlynn, the communicated
follower of Henry George, has had
plenty of notoriety recently of GER
tain kind, but after all, the only real
honor he has had was his election as q
delegate to the National convention of
the United Labor party, which is to
meet in National convention at SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, August Is. If the
gentleman keeps ON he may yet hope
to rank with blower Barry, of Knight
of Labor fame.
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What Springfield needs to do is to
invite manufacturing enterprises and
foreign capital to an equal field with
enterprises already established and
home capital already invested: This
is the way to make city and devel-
ope Springfeld's advantages as a trade
center.-Springfeld Republican.
What manufacturing enterprise
will establish itself in your town if
boycotts are to be encouraged? No
man or set of men will put a dollar
into manufacturing enterprises in a
town where boycotts are countenanced
in the. least. especially by the press.
To encourage boycotting is not "the
way to make CITY,"
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Ice cream has been the source by
which a great many people have re-
Gently been poisoned. but in case this
news may be too much encouragement
for the young man who has "best
GIRL" it is well to state that the pois-
oning did net occur while two were
partaking Of it in some retired ice
cream parlor, but at the merry and
wanton church sociable.
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It is rather singular that in this era
of Centennials so little is said about
celebrating that of the adoption of
our National constitution by the body
that framed it. On the 18th of Sept
ember next just one hundred years
will have past since the most wonder
full of the worlds political instruments
was formally declared completed and
offered to the several States for ratifi-
cation. AZ it is the central and all.
important feature of our national sys-
tenn, the hundredth anniversary of its
birth ought to receive some attention
if anything of public character in
this country does. There are a great
many people in the United States
whose knowledge of the Constitution
is very limited and the day, properly
made use of. might exercise a wide
and valuable ed ucatlonal influence.
If arrangements could be made in
every great and little centre of popu'
lation for some capable citizen of each
ccality to publicly read this creed OF
the Republic and explain the Difficult,
ties of its adoption and its essential
principles, a wonderful amount of ig'
norance would be dissipated. A gen.
eral system of local celebrations upon
the old-fashioned Fourth of July plan
would be happy thing to adopt. 1t
is too late to prepare for any one
great central celebration, and the
local gatherings are. perhaps, prefera.
BILE anyhow.
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The New York World has an intel

The New York World has an inter
esting letter telling how Field, Gould
and Sage came together. 1t is easier
to tell how they came apart than it is
to tell how they came together.
Gould and Field came apart because
Gould was smarter than Field and
relieved him of Manhattan Elevated
railway stock in a manner that en-
riched himself and left Field 1oor
indeed-that is comparatively poor.
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Lived Two Days After Taking
Poison.

New York July 5. Bertha Conrad, the
eighteen-year-old daughter of saloon
keeper at No. 159 Bloomfield street, Ho-
boken, took dose of Rough on Rats last
Thursday. Friday she became very sick,
and doctor was called, but the girl did
not tell what she had done until yesterday,
few minutes before her death. Her
parents profess to be ignorant of her motive
for taking her life, bat from letters found
in her trunk it is supposed that she was
brooding over q love affair.
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MARRIAGE GUIDE

Eli CANT cloth and gilt binding. Sealed for 500
In m ney or postage stamps. Over fifty wonder
full pen pictures, showing who may marry whs
not, why Proper age to marry. Who marry FIRST
Manhood. womanhood. Physical decay. Whs
should marry. How life and happiness may BE
increased. Those married or about tc MARI
should read il: of interest and value to ever
thinking man and woman Popular edltlo,.
-~s.-- .sSss AJ1rn-~ - rrnErv~~v~~
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Tried IL The Second Time.

Hannibal, No., July This afternoon
Mrs. Thomas Bennett, who one night last
winter lay down on the grave of her dead
child to die and was almost frozen before
she was found, made another attempt to
end her unhappy life by jumping into q
well twenty feet deep. In the descent she
struck its rocky sides and was badly
bruised. She was seen to disappear into
the well by neighbors, who rescued her,
but hot until life was almost extinct.